Yahoo geocoder always used

On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 10:22 AM, Carl Reed <creed@...> wrote:
> How about they use a standard interface (like the OGC OLS geocoder
> interface) and then allow the user to choose whichever geocoder they would
> like. FYI, the OGC Location Service core service standard is implemented by
> dozens of technology organizations, such as Oracle, ESRI, Sprint, and
> Autodesk.
>

Short Answer:
GeoPress is open-source - patches welcome! :)


Longer answer:
And as Chris pointed out, we still have to support the free geocoding
options. This is a plugin for free & open-source software with a
customer base that doesn't pay for services like this.

In addition, regarding understanding what the OGC OLS Geocoding
interface could offer, after about 15 minutes of digging, I couldn't
actually find an example or description of the OLS Geocoding
interface. I even looked at the OGC Standards page:
http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards

and searching for geocoder just listed Glossary, FAQ's and
Implementation Statistics (which don't mention any of the companies
Carl mentioned above). Looking for the full "OpenGIS Location Service
Geocoder Interface Specification" revealed more FAQ, Newsletters, and
press releases about the geocoder - but all links to the actual docs
are dead and redirect to OGC homepage:
http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-04-22-a.html

I then went back to the Standards page, looked for OpenLS and saw
these documents:
http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/olscore

But they never really just laid out the interface and examples in a
plain way such that a developer could get up and running quickly with
it.

I finally searched in Google for "OpenLS Geocoder" and finally came
upon an example page:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B28359_01/appdev.111/b28400/sdo_openls.htm

which informed me that it's a SOAP service, and rather heavy at that.

Sorry for the long explanation - especially on the GeoRSS mailing
list. I think it's illustrative of why lightweight community standards
get traction and support from the broader dev community.

Andrew
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